People can never make money beyond their knowledge.
At the beginning of the millennium, Goose Factory wanted to sell QQ, which already had huge traffic at that time, for three million.
The first person I looked for was Rebus, who was still in Jinshan at that time. At that time, Jinshan was at its peak, with no shortage of money or technology, and he didn't like this crap at all.
The second person I looked for was Ding Sanshi from the pig farm. Although Sanshi didn't have any intention of raising pigs that year, he was more optimistic about the mailbox business.
The third person is Lao Zhang from the portal website Sohu. He felt that it was not worth 3 million, so he lowered the price to 600,000. This is extremely cruel...
Today, let alone three million, if QQ were to be sold, how much would they be willing to pay?
So why didn't anyone see the potential of QQ back then?
Among these people, who is not an expert in the business world and who does not have a group of excellent staff?
In the final analysis, it is not a question of whether you are smart or not, but whether you have good vision or not, but that your cognition is not in place.
At that time, they did not realize that QQ would become a behemoth if it only lacked a means of monetizing traffic. But even if they did, they did not expect that there would be any means to make this thing truly a money printing machine.
In April 2002, Xiao Ma, who had been struggling all the way, came up with the ultimate answer to traffic monetization - QQ show.
This allowed Goose Factory to make its first pot of gold, and at the same time, it also completely opened up its ideas.
Two years later, in 2004, Goosechang Holdings was officially listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with the stock code 700, becoming the first Chinese Internet company listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong.
With its development to this day, whether it is Kingsoft, Sohu or NetEase, they can all look behind it.
When the commentators told Chen Zui this story, the big guys in 2022 had already developed new ways to monetize traffic.
But that's not important. What's important is that the barrages broadened Chen Zui's horizons and improved his knowledge.
And recognize this thing.
Sometimes when you do something, you can obviously reach the end point with just one turn, and you will see a bright future, but without other people's advice and occasional inspiration, you may not be able to turn this corner in your life.
The real power of the barrage is that they all have experience and vision for the future, and their cognition is far ahead of that of 2008. Even if it is not intentional, a word in casual chat can easily help Chen Zui overtake in a corner.
What's more, Chen Zui took them to appreciate the world-famous painting "White Legs on the Playground" every day, making them happier than the other.
Therefore, using the talent market as a means of monetizing traffic is only one of the many monetization methods envisioned by Chen Zui.
He is moving step by step towards the future he has outlined.
In the office, Guo Lianda, who saw this kind of operation for the first time, first took out three hundred yuan and handed it to Chen Zui, and then immediately asked: "No, these students are all living online, how can they do it so quickly...
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Chen Zui: "Maybe they are all upgrading the sun. Do you know what the sun is?"
Guo Lianda shook his head. He is indeed an Internet illiterate in this era.
Chen Zui smiled and looked at the barrage in front of him as he recalled his bitter history.
[It was actually better in 2008. I just wanted to hang out in an Internet cafe to get some sun and save breakfast money...]
[Breakfast, haha, I stayed in the hotel just to hang up QQ. I didn’t do anything but just looked at it, which made me happy! 】
[Don’t mention it, I think back then, just because it was boring to hang up QQ, I masturbated so many times, but my body now... I am so angry when I talk now...]
In those years, there were no QQ plug-ins on web pages, but things are different now, but this does not prevent college students from still being very enthusiastic about QQ levels, and the business of Internet cafes is still booming.
As the overlord of instant messaging, QQ has now developed a variety of monetization methods, and has aggressively established Ding Sanshi in the game field, but in fact games are just a diversion and monetization method for Goose Factory.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Chen Zui now.
He was now a second-rate dealer, so he looked at Guo Lianda and said: "Then, if you have any work, come to me."
Guo Lianda nodded heavily. Although it was just a small test, Chen Zui indeed showed his ability.
And he also saw so many groups on Zhao Xiaokai's QQ, I guess there are many female college students...
So Guo Lianda coughed and asked: "Then, can you find some part-time models or something? The price is high, and..."
Chen most directly interrupted: "Don't make trouble, we are all classmates, I can't push people into the fire pit."
Guo Lianda: "Why is it so popular? Well, although the informal ones are indeed more expensive, there are also regular ones..."
Chen Zui shook his head: "The key is that the environment affects people. I don't want to change anyone's destiny just because of a part-time job in college. The key is that I can't bear this responsibility."
Seeing that Chen Zui was so determined, Guo Lianda stopped mentioning it. Just when he was about to continue asking something, Chen Zui stood up: "Okay, Mr. Guo, I will withdraw first. Remember to contact me for normal part-time work in the future.
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"Okay, then I'll give it to you."
"no, I'm fine."
…
Chen Zui went downstairs and walked out the door.
Zhao Xiaokai was still looking up at the street lamp at this 45-degree angle...
After watching Chen Zui operate it, he is really in the process of improving his cognition.
Although he has had many epiphanies since he met Chen Zui, and each time he had different feelings, this time it lasted for an extra long time, and his brain was extremely excited, and he almost had an intracranial high...
And the reason why this happened was not because he had just finished helping thirty college students find a job of distributing flyers and easily earned three hundred yuan.
It was he who realized that this model was only in its infancy and there was still a lot of room for development.
As for how to play it, he obviously needed to think about it for a while, but before he could figure it out, he was interrupted...
"What?"
Chen Zui, who had already walked out, patted him on the shoulder.
Zhao Xiaokai continued to maintain his appearance: "Third brother, don't disturb me, I'm enlightened."
"What did you realize?"
Zhao Xiaokai stared at the crossroads of Xueyuan South Road with deep eyes, and said proudly like an emperor: "Although I think we can do a lot... But for the time being, what we have to do is to be the most awesome on this street.
Human traffickers!”
"You better not realize it..."
"Well?"
"So what are we going to do?"
Chen Zui stood beside him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and began to look around at the various stores on the intersection in front of him.
Zhao Xiaokai looked at him and followed his gaze.
So I scanned barber shops, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, etc., which are bound to be found in front of the school.
But, this?
Why have you read it in all walks of life?
Due to limited cognition, although Zhao Xiaokai realized that it might be extraordinary at this moment, he still did not realize what Chen Zui wanted to do.
However, this did not affect him from feeling his third brother's domineering aura at this moment, and from seeing his third brother's eyes that were thoughtful and full of wisdom.
All these made him feel a little overwhelmed and a little uncontrollable.
Chen Zui said: "Okay, be the most awesome human trafficker on this street..."
Zhao Xiaokai was disappointed: "Third brother, can you please stop gasping when you speak in the future? Can you stop laying the groundwork for so long..."
Chen Zui: "..."
Zhao Xiaokai complained: "I've been waiting for you for a long time. As I said, this will make you look very incompetent and damage your image in my mind!"
"What should I say?"
Zhao Xiaokai suggested: "And since the atmosphere is so heated, I thought you would say something arrogant to lift our spirits."
"for example?"
While answering, Chen Zui had already taken a step forward.
Zhao Xiaokai followed closely behind, shouting: "Like changing the world!"
At this time, Sanbengzi, who never looked at the traffic lights and always ran rampant on Xueyuan South Road, rushed into view.
Because Zhao Xiaokai was holding his neck high and not looking at the car coming from the left, shouting slogans that made his head tremble... Chen Zui immediately grabbed his clothes hard and pulled them back.
Santengzi passed by him, and he also sat down on the ground.
Due to this delay, the pedestrian street lights, which lasted only a few seconds, turned completely red, and the cars normally waiting to pass at the intersection began to beep non-stop.
Chen Zui, who was in the middle of the road, stretched out his hand, and Zhao Xiaokai took it.
In the process of pulling him up, Chen Zui continued the conversation with him: "What we want to do is not to change the world."
Zhao Xiaokai stood up, and while various vehicles were honking their horns and urging him to do so, he asked, "What is that?"
Then, the two of them ran to the opposite side of the road without any delay, but many drivers who had just been blocked by them were raising their heads and cursing.
While running, Chen ignored the voices and replied: "What we want to do is change people's lives."
While running, Zhao Xiaokai ignored these voices and turned back to the drivers: "You are such idiots!"